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Chapter 18 - Caving in

BELLA

Sam finally stopped barking at the storm, and Jacob finally settled down. He had been fussing, but once Edward unwrapped his arms from the sheet I had him in to protect him from the flying debris, he settled down. He kept his little hand on my face, and I snuggled him to me, so he'd know he wasn't alone. The chickens were surprisingly quiet, and I was worried that they were hurt.

The storm had been raging for hours, but we couldn't tell what time it was, because the whole sky had blackened with thick clouds once the storm started. It felt like night, but we knew the storm had started this morning. It was still daytime, even if it was dark outside and pitch black in the cave. I would definitely be soaking in the sun and the light tomorrow when the storm was over.

I just had to focus on that point. That the storm wouldn't last forever, and it'd be over tomorrow. I hoped the goats were okay. I was glad Edward hadn't fought me on bringing the chickens with us, and Sam just followed us, because we were his pack.

The crash of thunder and lightning was loud and echoed through the cave. A few hours ago, the storm started causing the walls of the cave to tremble and rocks to fall. Edward threw himself over the baby and me, trying to protect us from them. I was worried the roof would cave in and trap us inside. Being buried alive was not the way I wanted to go.

Edward tightened his grip on me and moved his face next to mine. The whole cave started to vibrate under the force of the storm. More rocks started falling, and I just knew we were going to die. I decided if I was going to go, I was going to at least get in my final wish and lick that man's face.

I turned my head and licked up his neck to behind his ear. To my surprise, he didn't pull away, but pulled me closer, shifting me so I could look at his face. "What was that for?" he asked, but I almost didn't catch it over the roar of the storm.

"It was only fair. Why should you be the only one who gets to lick people?"

He smiled and leaned into me slowly. "I get to lick people?" he said softly right into my ear and then looked deeply into my eyes. I was mesmerized by his beautiful green eyes, barely visible in the dark thanks to the lightning flashes. I took in a calming breath and nodded my head yes.

He smiled and brought his face closer. For a moment, I thought he was going to kiss me, but then I felt it. His tongue lightly licked across my lips. My whole body was on fire, and I wondered how I wasn't lighting up the whole cave myself.

I moaned and opened my mouth, leaning into him silently, begging for more, and he complied, finally taking my bottom lip into his mouth, and then he started to kiss me, pushing his tongue into my mouth. I twisted around and wound my hand up into his hair, pulling him closer to me, encouraging him to keep kissing me. I didn't want him to stop.

EDWARD

Alice had said we would make it through the storm, if we hid out in the cave. We started out closer to the front, but quickly found ourselves having to move back. I wasn't comfortable taking Bella and Jake too deep into the cave. The last thing I wanted to do was disturb rabid bats or get lost in there. There was a little side cove that was just large enough to fit the chickens, the dog and us in. I barricaded the opening with the trunks, blocking out most of the flying shit.

That storm was insane. Alice didn't say it would be a hurricane, but when I saw trees start flying past the entrance, I knew that was what it was. Regular rainstorms didn't pick up and hurl trees like that. Several branches were launched into the entrance of the cave, blocking a lot of the outside shit from coming in, and I was glad I had brought my hatchet and saw with me. I wasn't worried about getting through them to get out.

I wasn't worried, that is, until the whole fucking cave started to shake. That had to be one hell of a storm if it could shake a damn mountain. Small rocks and shit started to rain down on us, so I covered Bella and Jake to protect them in case anything larger should fall.

At least that was what I was going to tell her. I honestly just wanted to hold her in my arms. I didn't know if it would be to comfort me or her, but I wanted to hold her. I had been thinking about it a lot ever since I'd nuzzled and licked her, but I could never think of a reasonable excuse to touch her without her questioning my motives. I knew I was a bastard for taking advantage of the moment, but she didn't seem to mind. In fact, she pushed closer to me. She wanted me to hold her.

I was glad it was dark, so she couldn't see the smile on my face. I was sure I looked creepy.

Then she licked me. And not a small lick, either. She started at the apple of my throat and went all the way up to the hollow of my ear. I clenched my teeth to contain the moan and hoped she didn't feel the monster growing in my pants.

I finally pulled myself together to ask her about it. She basically gave me free reign to lick her again, and by god I did it and made it good.

I moved slowly to see if she would protest, but she didn't. Her reaction to my licking her lips resulted in me kissing her, and fuck it was hot. Her hand was in my hair, and I pulled her into my lap more, wanting to grind into her, but felt a yank on my beard.

At first, I thought it was Bella, wanting me to stop, but I realized she hadn't even noticed it.

There was another yank and a giggle, and I realized it was Jake. When he giggled, Bella instantly pulled back and moved away from me. I understood why she'd done it, but I still wished she hadn't. I sat back, and Sam moved next to me, so I could lean on him like I usually did in the evening outside the hut.

I frowned. The hut would be gone. We would have to rebuild. As we were packing up, Bella had mentioned the bed getting too small for all three of us. I looked up at her through the darkness and could make out her form as she bounced Jacob.

"When we rebuild, should I give him his own room or...?" I was curious to see if she wanted to be alone with me. I wanted to be alone with her.

She cleared her throat nervously. "Um, I think that'd be a good idea."

I smiled widely, I was so giddy. I was once again happy it was so dark, so she couldn't see how excited I was. I knew she was inexperienced, and we'd have to take things slow, if we did anything at all, but it was nice to get some kind of confirmation that she was interested in at least being alone with me.

I really wanted to be alone with her, too.

I was suddenly very excited about this whole rebuilding idea.

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